The Auswine Forum

I'm not a Brett Nazi. But if you asked me if I would like it in my wine or not, I would say not.

Don't think it 'helps' any wine, but minute amounts aren't going to necessarily ruin a wine either.

I don't buy Rockford, Noon, Wendouree etc. and expect I never will. There are better wines out there, in Australia and the rest of the world. Billy, whether there are better wines out there is subjective, but I think you are on a losing argument if you don't think that: * Wendouree reds are unique ...

I don't buy Rockford, Noon, Wendouree etc. and expect I never will.

There are better wines out there, in Australia and the rest of the world.

I am more than happy to give my business to wineries who want me as a customer.

Something strange going on with the sales of Para ports at auction(1930,1939,1947etc). Prices (opening and finishing) have doubled or tripled in the past 12-18 months. But almost all get passed in. A real shame, as I was regularly buying and enjoying them. Why the massive shift in price? I sure hope...

I stopped using Langtons a while ago because of this type of behavior. Unprofessional at the least.

Fortunately there are other auction houses that don't operate with such underhand and non-transparent practices.

What is 'fraudulent' about that? Any wine at least 1.5, twice or more times the rrp? No, that's called a business decision. If you don't want to pay it, don't. Buy the wine retail and drink it at home. No, when a Sommelier gives you his/her professional opinion. This wine would match your meal etc....

I like Sommeliers to create the list, then bring me the wines that I order from it. If a sommelier can create a good list, with a variety of well chosen wines, at acceptable prices then most of their job is done. Usually I will discuss the wines with my dining companions, only consulting the sommeli...

Damn that seems expensive.

The cheaper wines seem expensive even before you convert from euros to Aud.

A nice range of wines though.

Burgundy can be very problematic. Tastings 'can' be difficult, book well in advance. BE ON TIME!!!! Burgundy is actually quite industrial looking and not nearly as beautiful as I once thought. Good food can be pricey and a little hard to find. Well worth a visit though. The Rhone is AWESOME. The cou...

I'm not sure he qualified.

By the look of the winners you need to be from Fosters/Hardys/Orlando........

Paul,

I was refering to the article on Clonakilla planting southern Rhone varieties.



Billy B

Paul,

Did you see the article in the 'Good Living' section of todays SMH?

Right on topic.


Billy B

If Australian wine did increase in price as much as is being reported I will simply buy more wine from.... NZ, South Africa, France, Spain, Italy, Chile, Argentina..etc. etc. Or yes as you suggest drink more beer and spirits etc. Media beat up. Driven by retailers and others who have a vested intere...

RB I think you can be objective, I don't like it but it is a good example of the style. etc. However, I personally think the whole point scoring is pointless, useless and very problematic. I never liked maths, even at school. I am not going to bring maths into a part of my life that I enjoy so much....

1990 Mount Mary
1990 Yeringberg

Head and shoulders above anything else I have tasted recently.



Billy B

8) Billy We let all our customers try all our wines. Its a basic principle here that you can NEVER tell who is going to buy what. People are always surprising you. Nicely Cheers Smithy PS Love the lap dog Billy! Smithy, Right On! Love your work. I agree, you should treat all your customers the same...

Smithy,

You let any customer who comes in the door try all your wines right?



Billy B

n4sir VERY DANGEROUS!!!! When you start judging customers on how they look to you then trouble is coming your way. Eventually you WILL get caught trying to slip wine to some customers and not others. You will only succeed in pissing people off. If it happenned to me I would never buy wine from them ...

In such cases where they figure people aren't going to buy, the premium wines are usually kept under the counter for serious/loyal customers. I guess that's where the intelligence & experience of the CD staff kicks in. Ian n4sir, What do you do if you have a 'serious/loyal' customer and another...

Is Canberra NSW? Several years ago, Miranda and I drove from Canberra to Tumut (I lived there as a teenager) via Yass. We planned to drop in on all wineries on the way. NONE, let me repeat that, NONE were open! Even the bottle shops in Yass had a poor slection of the local wines. And the tourist in...

Clonakilla for me hands down. The others are good, the Clonakilla is great.

I guess it all depends on price. Some Aussie stuff can get quite exie OS.

Have fun which ever way you go.



Billy B

DI Thats cool. But, go the other way. Why do we allow any additions to winemaking? By your argument we should not add anything to the grapes at all. Once we let winemakers add anything we are on your slippery slope. In that situation we would not be getting great wines. We have seen increases in alc...

DI I am not sure you know what a slippery slope is. Wine must be made of grapes or it is not wine. Bang! No slippery slope. Easy. It is also easy to place a limit as to how much water is added..... oh thats right there is one. No sippery slope! Recently there was an application to increase to legal ...

It is too extreme because you are now off the issue.

No one sugested removing the grapes.

Just what you can, or can't do with them.



Billy B

I just saw this news item.

http://www.decanter.com/news/109271.html

I assume they are not referring to your wines Smithy.



Billy B

Wine need to be made only from grapes. And a wine should be reflecting the grapes character, not to be change dramatically by chemist (or winemakers). As winemakers we aloud to add some water in to the wine because it is a part of the winemaking process (preparing bentonite….). Not like some ...

I would recommend doing the Intermediate before the Advanced. Many have been caught out by being over confident and jumping to the Advanced straight away. You get more out of the Advanced if you have done the Intermediate. I don't believe you are allowed to do the Diploma without passing the Advance...

GreameG I'm there with bells on! Did my Advanced back in 2004. Keen to do the Dioploma ever since. Looks like it will be a great thing to be a part of. I really hope we can get this together as I don't really want to do it as a distance education thing. I can also highly recommend the Intermediate o...

Fino Sherry

[b]Clonakilla Ballinderry 2005 A blend of 35% Cab Sav, 35% Cab Franc, 30% Merlot. Ripe sweet berries and plums drive the primary fruit character. A strong perfume of violets that I have come to expect from Clonakilla. Very fine tannins and a cedar/pencil shavings finish round this wine out really w...